Currently, more than 50% of the payment gateway deployments are hosted.
Hosted payment gateways are the most convenient and economic gateways,
that are not only highly secure but customizable and user-friendly.
Lesser investments and easy integration with the systems have made the
adoption of hosted payment gateways more attractive among the
organizations.

Key trend which will predominantly affect the market in coming year is
development of payment gateways by the merchants themselves for
management of large volume transactions. Consumers across the globe are
evolving with the adoption of new tools to enhance their overall
shopping experience.

This creates a significant opportunity for the merchants to integrate
Business to Consumer' B2C sales channel and to leverage sales data
generated to understand consumer behavior. Keeping these goals in mind,
major e-commerce players are developing their own payment gateway
solutions combined with eWallet services.

This trend is particularly identified among merchants handling large
volume transaction. However, only a handful of companies are capable of
developing their own payment gateway network due to high development &
maintenance cost and other value-added services.